Rent at an all-time high — if you can find a place

I don’t need to be told this. We’ve lived in the same place now for almost 5 years. While I like the place in-spite of its downsides (hookers in the alley, drunk rude 20-somethings) the rent has gone up significantly to the point were rent in L.A. isn’t going to be all that much different. I am paying on the low end compared to a lot of even my neighbors in the building.